Men's swimmers earn NESCAC all-conference honors

Four Hamilton College men's swimmers earned 2012-13 NESCAC all-conference honors based on their performance at the 2013 NESCAC Championship, which was held at the Wesleyan University Natatorium from Feb. 22 to Feb. 24.

The top three finishers in each event received all-conference recognition. Hamilton finished eighth out of 11 schools in the NESCAC championship team standings with 525 points.

Reid Swartz '15 (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles Central School) led the way with two all-conference honors. Swartz posted a time of 23.71 seconds and finished third in the 50-yard backstroke championship final. In the preliminary heats, Swartz set a school record with a time of 23.56 seconds.

On the second day of competition, Swartz teamed up with Taylor Hogenkamp '13 (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora HS), Conor Collins '14 (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield HS) and John McBratney '16 (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township HS), and took third place in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 6:55.81. The Continentals finished third in the event for the fourth time in the past five years.

Hogenkamp made the all-conference team for the third time in his career, while Swartz grabbed his first two all-NESCAC awards. Collins and McBratney picked up their first all-conference honors.